Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pn reflx] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made himself over by taking up body-building in the Scottish style — which is long and lean rather than pillows of bulk — and changed his name from Thomas to Sean ( in Edinburgh , he 's still universally known as ‘ Big Tam ’ ) . |
| 2 | And yet in these , he made himself so ridiculous as to become an entertainment . |
| 3 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 4 | He went out to work by day , conveniently , at a firm of accountants ; in the evenings and at weekends he made himself as unobtrusive as possible . |
| 5 | His feet sank into a carpet whose blues and creams evoked a summer sky and , at Vigo 's behest , he lowered himself uneasily into a chair with a yellow satin seat and legs of rearing dragons . |
| 6 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 7 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 8 | He lowered himself on to her breasts and she moaned as he held himself up on his elbows and barely allowed himself to touch her , his hard chest sliding lightly back and forth over the aching tenderness of her bosom . |
| 9 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 10 | Then , his eyes shadowed and unreadable , he lowered himself slowly down to kiss her hot , upturned face , to smooth the rumpled blonde hair back from her forehead . |
| 11 | He lowered himself gingerly to a gilt chair and stirred his coffee , the spoon circulating slowly until it finally stopped and he sat staring at it . |
| 12 | He lowered himself very carefully into the chair at the head of the table . |
| 13 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 14 | He lowered himself creakily beside her and felt for his own packet . |
| 15 | He checked himself over to make sure there was no blood on his clothes . |
| 16 | " Where — " He checked himself just in time . |
| 17 | He checked himself just in time , went down flat on his stomach , peering through the tough grass that grew on these dunes . |
| 18 | There 's work to be done in the world — so much to be found out — ’ He checked himself abruptly , lifted his glass at me and took a sip from it . |
| 19 | He hugged himself tighter . |
| 20 | ’ His ‘ instant portrait ’ — on the accuracy of which he prided himself enormously — was that the client was most likely a starter , could very well be a married man , children off his hands , time on his hands , going back to his own public school days ( the velvet collar on the overcoat was a giveaway ) and the boys will be boys bit or just realized very late that what he really fancied was a bit of the other and had to wallet to get it . |
| 21 | In preaching at court he concerned himself not with conduct but with theology , proclaiming and elucidating the great facts of the Christian religion , reflecting and meditating on its joyful mysteries . |
| 22 | His knees almost buckled but he fought himself upright and managed to get Trent into focus . |
| 23 | He applied himself enthusiastically to his studies , to the extent that during one term he was attending night classes after completing his normal day classes at Queensbury Highter Elementary School in Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 24 | Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband . |
| 25 | He zipped himself up and strode onwards . |
| 26 | He asked himself again why they needed him here . |
| 27 | Was it a warning ? he asked himself later . |
| 28 | ‘ And how are you going to stop him , then ? ’ he asked himself scornfully . |
| 29 | But now , talking to Joan , seeing her changing expressions , he asked himself how it had been so — apart from their dress , it seemed to him then that there was after all no strong likeness between them . |
| 30 | He asked himself how accurate his memory in fact was , how much time and a desire to repudiate the past had blocked off . |